TRAINING SESSION

Developing and Supporting Caregivers: A Cross-National Exchange

Saturday, March 28 • 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Sunday, March 29 • 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

We are especially pleased to present a special post-conference training session, Developing and Supporting Caregivers: A Cross-National Exchange, to share best practice updates and enhancements to foster, adoptive, and kinship care “models of practice,” and provide an opportunity for discussion and sharing of effective family supports and systems of care focused on strengthening families and engaging communities to promote child well-being. This training will be organized using Open Space Technology, which provides maximum input by participants to focus presentations on topics of most interest to them. Themes related to the development and support of kinship, foster, and adoptive caregivers will be the focus of presentations and discussion. Examples include: implementation of models of practice including how to anchor a model of practice within the organization and culture; the importance and practice of including all members of caregiving families and caregiving teams; commonalities and differences in caregiving across jurisdictions and cultures; ongoing support of caregivers; the role of supervision in maintaining fidelity to models of practice.

Presenters: We have an international team of well-known and highly regarded presenters who have vast experience in the development and support of kinship, foster, and adoptive families and in implementing models of practice across multiple countries and continents.

Maria Herczog, PhD, Chair, Family, Child, Youth Association, Budapest, Hungary; Rob van Pagée, Founder, Eigen Kraht Centrale, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Delia Pop, MD, Director of Global Programmes, Hope and Homes for Children, London, United Kingdom; and CWLA Training Team — Charlene Ingram, MSW; Eileen Mayers Pasztor, DSW; Donna D. Petras, PhD, MSW; Marcus Stallworth, LMSW; and Eshele Williams, PsyD, LMFT

To participate in this in-depth learning opportunity, select the Premium Full Conference Registration fee.